Spark Capital is a venture capital firm making early stage and growth stage investments in startup commerce, consumer, FinTech, frontier, marketplaces, media, and software & service companies. Spark Capital was founded in 2005 by Paul Conway, Santo Politi, and Todd Dagres and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and has offices in San Francisco, California, and New York City, New York. As of 2018, Spark capital has a $400 million early stage fund, a $600 million venture growth fund, and a total of $3 billion under management.
Timeline
People
Alex Finkelstein
Employee
Andrew Parker
Employee
Bijan Sabet
Founder
Biz Stone
Advisor
Candice M. Galvez
Employee
Charles Huang
Employee
David Cancel
Advisor
David Haber
Employee
Ekin Oflazer
Employee
Elisabeth Rosario
Employee
Jeremy G. Philips
Employee
John Melas-Kyriazi
Employee
Kevin Thau
Employee
Megan Quinn
Employee
Mo Koyfman
Employee
Nabeel Hyatt
Employee
Rob Go
Employee
Santo Politi
Founder
Todd Dagres
Founder
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
1st Dibs
Marketplaces
5min Media
Software & Services
Academia.edu
Software & Services
Adapt.tv
Media
Admeld
Media
Affirm
Fintech
Andela
Software & Services
Aura
Consumer
Aviary
Consumer
Badi
Marketplaces
Behalf
Fintech
Bloom Nation
Commerce
Braze
Software & Services
Capella Space
Frontier
Careship
Software & Services
Carta
Fintech
Clora
Marketplaces
Clover
Software & Services
Coach.me
Consumer
Coinbase
Fintech
Colu
Fintech
Convert Media
Media
Crowdrise
Marketplaces
Cruise
Frontier
CTRL Labs
Frontier
References
Spark Capital
Boston
FinanceCategories
CompanyA company, abbreviated 'co.', is a legal entity made up of an association of people, be they natural, legal, or a mixture of both, for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise.
Venture CapitalA form of financing or funding for emerging companies. Investment on early-stage companies in exchange for equity in the companies they invest in.
Contributors
- 1
Dawson Sewell
Seeking to explain science and technology through simple writing. - 2
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Previously Co Founder of Heyzap. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). - 3
Baye Maniago
Passionate about disruptive technology, continuous learning, and personal development - 4
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations. - 5
Tianchang He
Stanford EE MS, interested in machine learning, front-end and all things tech.